LESSON 6.4 What are the lost cities of the Indus Valley?
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to: • describe the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro and the people who lived there • explain how the Indus Valley Civilisation ended.
Tune in In 2013, archaeologists discovered pottery, wells and a well-preserved iron dagger near Keezhadi in Southern India. When uncovering artefacts, archaeologists often make educated assumptions about their use. The photograph shown in SOURCE1 was taken from the Keezhadi excavation site. What do you think the purpose of the square holes is? Provide reasons for your assumptions.
SOURCE1 Square holes at the Keezhadi excavation site
6.4.1 The Indus Valley Civilisation People have lived in the Indian subcontinent since the Old Stone Age. By 7000 BCE, farming communities formed, and the ýrst towns appeared around 3000 BCE. These towns thrived for 1400 years before disappearing, leaving only brick ruins. The ýrst Indian cities were in the Indus River valley, known as the Indus Valley or Harappan Civilisation, named after the city of Harappa.
SOURCE2 Mohenjo Daro is an ancient Indus Valley Civilisation city that was abandoned in the nineteenth century.
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